Well, it is kind of sticking to the OP in this one talking about "is he gay?"! I am not arguing that he is or isn't gay! I'm just saying to the people who are to show proof of their claims rather than just opinion!

Rather than repeatedly doing thread cleanups, it seems more sensible to do roster cleanups. Looking at the Queer Eye crowd, here.

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Well, it is kind of sticking to the OP in this one talking about "is he gay?"! I am not arguing that he is or isn't gay! I'm just saying to the people who are to show proof of their claims rather than just opinion!

Not that I don't think proof is needed here (as I personally don't know or care if Gaahl is gay), but I'm pretty sure there's no proof that Morrissey is gay (whether in his life or in his music)... but I think it is generally perceived that he is...

It's not so much that he's involved in the fashion industry, it's the fact that he's designing women's summer clothing. Who knows, maybe Gaahl is gay or maybe he's trying to get the everyday suburban housewife into Gorgoroth's music through his designs. If the latter be true, what an ingenious marketing idea it be.

In that excerpt of the Decibel interview, seems like the interviewer was asking what Dani felt about the whole King/Gaahl vs Infernus situation, not Gaahl's sexual orientation. Either Dani was shooting his mouth off or it's a pre-arranged dialogue to stoke the fires and keep you goss-mongers frothing.

Slightly off topic, but why is it that Agentsteel666 starts a thread then never seems to come back to it and give any argument or further detail into what hes talking about? I've noticed this over numerous threads now, and its getting annoying.

Because my thread got moved and I couldn't find it. I started another one because I thought it didn't get posted. And I don't know if I'm going to respond to this thread or not because apparently there is already another thread on Satanism.

i have valid evidence from my good friend's band who played Wacken 08 (dont ask what band, you're not going to be told). but at Wacken Ghaal would be sitting in the side-stage area, bouncing a 15-16 year old boy on his knee. my buddies all thought it was his son, so there wasnt much thought of it. only later on as the festival continued to find out that it was not his son in the least bit; rather, come to find out Ghaal is terrified of getting AIDS on the road, so each time gorgoroth hits the road he brings a 15-16 year old boy he knows is clean to basically fuck. he calls these kids his "safe-asses"...

i dont have anything against people who choose to be homosexual. but honestly, thats just fucking weird. especially from Ghaal of all people. i also was told that he's dating some norwegian fashion designer guy (i dont know if thats true or not though)

i have valid evidence from my good friend's band who played Wacken 08 (dont ask what band, you're not going to be told). but at Wacken Ghaal would be sitting in the side-stage area, bouncing a 15-16 year old boy on his knee. my buddies all thought it was his son, so there wasnt much thought of it. only later on as the festival continued to find out that it was not his son in the least bit; rather, come to find out Ghaal is terrified of getting AIDS on the road, so each time gorgoroth hits the road he brings a 15-16 year old boy he knows is clean to basically fuck. he calls these kids his "safe-asses"...

i dont have anything against people who choose to be homosexual. but honestly, thats just fucking weird. especially from Ghaal of all people. i also was told that he's dating some norwegian fashion designer guy (i dont know if thats true or not though)

but anyways, theres your insight to "is ghaal gay or not?"

So in addition to being gay, he's also a pedophile? There's something new about this guy every month.

i have valid evidence from my good friend's band who played Wacken 08 (dont ask what band, you're not going to be told). but at Wacken Ghaal would be sitting in the side-stage area, bouncing a 15-16 year old boy on his knee. my buddies all thought it was his son, so there wasnt much thought of it. only later on as the festival continued to find out that it was not his son in the least bit; rather, come to find out Ghaal is terrified of getting AIDS on the road, so each time gorgoroth hits the road he brings a 15-16 year old boy he knows is clean to basically fuck. he calls these kids his "safe-asses"...

i dont have anything against people who choose to be homosexual. but honestly, thats just fucking weird. especially from Ghaal of all people. i also was told that he's dating some norwegian fashion designer guy (i dont know if thats true or not though)

but anyways, theres your insight to "is ghaal gay or not?"

So in addition to being gay, he's also a pedophile? There's something new about this guy every month.

yeah, i guess so. maybe thats the legal age up there or something haha

Eh, not really. Both of the ideas were brought up years ago and every piece of evidence I've heard is uniformly second-hand anecdotal.

If this whole thing about Gaahl being a fashion-loving fruit is true, it just shatters that whole image of him being a Nietzschean ubermensch. He sounds like just another trendy fucker trying to be unique.

hah, its going to be great when Ghaal finally makes his life choices public and official. and every black metal elitest kid whos worshipped gorgoroth as the most "grimtruenecrokvlt"whateverthefuck band around is probably going to shit themselves and completely hate gorgoroth from there on out.

I was always wondering why people looked up to Gaahl. I'm not big into Gorgoroth, but all I've noticed is that he joined once they started making shitty albums and he's well known for acting like a weirdo. For example, the ending of that one interview where he stares into the camera. He's not cool. He's just awkward and creepy.

IMO it has more to do with his well known "background" than his real "talent" in music. By that I mean that he got pretty popular for the violent behavior that he showed in the past, like that time that he tortured some man, remember?.

Ok as long as this thread is still going, I'll comment and try to clarify what I meant by my opening post.

I thought that Ghaal was a pretty evil guy and did some nasty deplorable things. However, when they talked about his upbringing and Ghaal talked about his philosophies on life and I started to think about it, it was quite understandable why someone would become a Satanist (in the sense of the satanic bible).

I mean, being secluded from the rest of the world for most of your life can make you care less about others and care more for yourself. Think if you've never had anyone who really interacted with you and gave you things or supported you or anything. You'd have to be all on your own. I mean, that's why he's like that. It's completely understandable. Ghaal is actually a pretty cool guy.

The most interesting part of that was when he said the two replacement spots for his version of Gorgoroth have already been taken. Couldn't care less about the guy's personal life/criminal record/painting/needlework/blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah

As for his talents, I think he is a decent black metal vocalist. Not very good, not too bad, just decent.

The musical direction of Gorgoroth would be greater, and more secure, in the hands of Infernus and his new members.

and that's why I think he's overrated. As far as I read here, it seems that the talented guy was Infernus, and Gaahl is not that good singer anyway just a decent one.

But to tell you the truth, it doesnt really matter who wins the battle, cause if Infernus wins, Gaahl will stay on stages using another name for the band... something like "The force Gorgoroth" or something LOL but of course, without Infernus their new music will turn shitty

You do realize he's not actually a Satanist, right? He's a pagan, or so he claims. Pretty much all black metal artists are only using Satan as part of their music, they don't actually believe in him for the most part.

You're wrong on what Satanism is. You're thinking of Theistic Satanism, which is the worship of Satan himself.

LaVeyan Satanism is the worship of the self. The use of the word Satanism refers to "small religious group that is unrelated to any other faith, and whose members feel free to satisfy their urges responsibly, exhibit kindness to their friends, and attack their enemies."

Paganism is Satanism from a Christian point of view... for Christians, any kind of cult that does not worship God (or Allah, or Yahweh, or any other "variant" of the Christian God), but instead worships another entity or other entities is considered Satanism... or so I have understood within the past years. For someone outside Christianism, it makes more sense to consider Satanism the worshipping of Satan himself; therefore, true Satanists should believe in God (even though they do not act according to His will) as true Christians should believe in Satan. A person who does not believe in either, but instead chooses to worship another deity or deities, isn't Cristian, but isn't Satanic either, I think. I don't know if Hinduism or Wiccan are considered Satanism, but if they are, as I believe they are, it is strange for me to consider them a form of adoration/glorification of Satan... both Hinduism and Wiccan, for example, are based on such priciples as love, selflessness, joy and peace; I may be revealing ignorance saying this, but these don't seem like the foundings of Satan-worshipping cults... they actually have quite a lot in common with Christianism.
Anyway, this is the view of atheist. These are notions I have been "assimilating" over the years, and they may be (or are, probably) wrong, however, they make some sense to me; still I have doubts about them, as you may have noticed. Correct me, shed some light on this, clear me of all doubts, questions and false knowledge if you please... but don't call me an ignorant, I just want to participate here, and if possible, learn something

As for his talents, I think he is a decent black metal vocalist. Not very good, not too bad, just decent.

The musical direction of Gorgoroth would be greater, and more secure, in the hands of Infernus and his new members.

and that's why I think he's overrated. As far as I read here, it seems that the talented guy was Infernus, and Gaahl is not that good singer anyway just a decent one.

But to tell you the truth, it doesnt really matter who wins the battle, cause if Infernus wins, Gaahl will stay on stages using another name for the band... something like "The force Gorgoroth" or something LOL but of course, without Infernus their new music will turn shitty

Infernus didn't write the last two albums anyway (and thus they were shitty).

That was a good interview. I really feel like I get Gaahl a lot more than I did before. He seems like a very intelligent person, who has essentially grown up (or matured) from a life that, to me, sounded kind of dangerous and depressing.

I applaud Gaahl for coming out, if that's what he indeed did in that interview. While, most people wouldn't openly admit it, I think a lot of people will, unfortunately, think poorly of Gaahl for being gay. It doesn't fit the grandiose aesthetic of what black metal. Personally, I think it's brave. He shouldn't have to worry about whether people accept his sexual orientation or not.Then again, this thread exists at all - there's no threads about Pest's sexuality.